There is an extraordinary list of supporting artists who contribute to Chris Herin’s first solo outing Hiding in Plain Sight. Chris is the Tiles band’s songwriter, guitarist and keyboard player and name-checked in the credits are Alex Lifeson, Colin Edwin…
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Francis Dunnery’s It Bites – Return To Natural
With the well-received live double album, Live From The Black Country, It Bites (IB) was revived in 2023 by founder Francis Dunnery. The announcement that new studio material was on the way created enthusiasm and high expectations among music fans.…
View More Francis Dunnery’s It Bites – Return To NaturalMarjana Semkina – Sirin
Marjana Semkina, one half of the duo at the core of the wonderful iamthemorning, returns with her second solo album called Sirin. Anyone familiar with iamthemorning will know that Marjana has something of a fixation on death, and her songs…
View More Marjana Semkina – SirinJohn Cale – Ship Of Fools: The Island Albums [3CD Box Set]
I have always been musically drawn to outsiders, to wonky pop, avant pop, call it what you will, and anything slightly, and sometimes a lot off-kilter. An early satisfier of that strange appetite of mine was John Cale, whom I…
View More John Cale – Ship Of Fools: The Island Albums [3CD Box Set]Tracey Thorn – A Distant Shore
A Distant Shore is the debut release from Tracey Thorn as a solo artist, that was originally released by Cherry Red Records in 1982 when Tracey was 20 years old. At this time, she was still officially in a post-punk…
View More Tracey Thorn – A Distant ShoreCyan – The Guardians
Less than a year on from Pictures from the Other Side, their second album as a newly reincarnated band, Cyan follow that up with The Guardians, a related ‘mini-album’ (but still a rather epic 38 minutes) companion release, largely formed…
View More Cyan – The GuardiansMike Dawes – Galactic Acid
Until about a week ago I had never heard of Mike Dawes and only discovered his music when he was the support act, and then guitarist, for Justin Hayward’s concert band. Like many lesser known acts he came on and…
View More Mike Dawes – Galactic AcidNick Fletcher – A Longing For Home
Nick Fletcher has done it again! With A Longing For Home, the Sheffield-based jazz rock guitarist, has produced yet another stunning solo album full of artistic brilliance and unbounded creativity, swirling with musical invention, emotion and breathtaking complexity in a…
View More Nick Fletcher – A Longing For HomeDevin Townsend – PowerNerd
Devin Townsend has been in the public eye for the last 31 years, first emerging as the lead vocalist in Steve Vai’s ‘Vai’ band project, which lasted an album and a tour, and fizzled out shortly thereafter. Yet that introduction…
View More Devin Townsend – PowerNerdAnchor & Burden – Afterglow
As a follower of the talented Mr. Marcus Reuter, I was delighted to have an opportunity to hear how he fits into yet another musical configuration. Anchor and Burden are a difficult band to describe, so I will allow them…
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